Some of you may remember my post from February 2021 entitled “My friend Mar”. It was about a figure I made taking a co-worker named Mar as model. I was happy with the result, as she was when I gave her the gift.
http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=24458&hilit=My+friend+MarOne year after that first project, I decided to make another portrait of her, but this time more likesome the real person.
Said and done, I made it and was very satisfied with the result achieved. It really looked a lot like real Mar. I gave it to her on the occasion of her birthday last May and once again she also seemed happy to receive the gift and thanked me very much.
Why then the title of this post?
Well, just before summer vacation, there was a disagreement between Mar and I, which caused us to say an angry goodbye. I thought that when we got back from holidays the problem would have been forgotten and we would be friends again as before. But I was wrong. When we got back in September, I was surprised that she had decided to stop talking to me.
And that’s still the situation now, quite unpleasant indeed. Although I still don't understand the reason very well, I have already managed to accept it and that is why I have decided to post this latest project dedicated to what I thought was my friend Mar.
Let's get down to business!
A first picture to compare the new vignette with the previous one:
This has been the first time I have used a 3D printed figure. This was the original figure, from Shapeways Miniatures:
The only change the original figure needed was changing her hair to resemble Mar's. I made the conversion, as always, using white wood glue. I also had to make new heels out of thin copper wire coated with PVA glue, as the original ones were broken during handling. This was the result:
Perhaps it can be better appreciated with the figure primmed in white:
And now, as I use to do, the usual sequence of images showing the figure in the three stages of the painting process, from four different angles.
Front view:
Right view:
Back view:
Left view:
With the figure finished, I needed an appropriate setting to complete the vignette. Taking in mind that Mar is a Physics and Chemistry teacher, what better than a periodic table of the chemical elements behind her?
The periodic table is an image taken from the internet, reduced to scale and printed on self-adhesive paper, while I made the support for it from four pieces of cardboard, reinforced with PVA glue, glued in position and painted white. Then I placed all the elements on a round base:
And here are several pictures of the finished vignette viewed from different angles, beginning with the first one for scale purposes:
This was the final presentation I prepared for the gift. Firstly, I mounted the base on a cork and then I covered it with a dome cut to size from a small glass jar:
I hope you like this project. Thanks for watching.
Santi.